The main outcome, defined as a postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC), will be a composite of the in-hospital fatal or non-fatal postoperative events. [ Time Frame: Postoperative in-hospital stay up to 5 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Will include:Mild respiratory failure;Severe respiratory failure;acute lung injury(ALI)/Acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS);Suspected pulmonary infection;Pulmonary infiltrate;Pleural effusion;Atelectasis;Pneumothorax;Bronchospasm;Aspiration Pneumonitis;Cardiopulmonary edema.Investigators will not modify centre usual patient management. Patients with PPCs will identify by consulting medical records and looking for events fulfilling PPCdefinition. Diagnosis date for every complication will be recorded.Participants will be followed during in-hospital stay up to 5 weeks.

Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE (submitted: May 2, 2011)

The main outcome, defined as a postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC), will be a composite of the in-hospital fatal or non-fatal postoperative events. [ Time Frame: 3 days to 5 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Prospective Evaluation of a RIsk Score for postoperative pulmonary COmPlications in Europe (PERISCOPE) is a multi-centre, international observational study of a random-sample cohort of patients undergoing a nonobstetric in-hospital surgical procedure under general or regional anaesthesia during a continued 7-day period of recruitment.

Detailed Description

Prospective Evaluation of a RIsk Score for postoperative pulmonary COmPlications in Europe (PERISCOPE) is a multi-centre, international observational study of a random-sample cohort of patients undergoing a nonobstetric in-hospital surgical procedure under general or regional anaesthesia during a continued 7-day period of recruitment.

Participating centres throughout Europe will contribute routine clinical data describing all eligible patients who undergo surgery during a continuous week (7-days) at convenience of every department within a period of two months from May 1st to July 1st 2011. A questionnaire of around 50 items will be filled during the pre, intra and postoperative periods. The follow-up will end at discharge. The aim of the PERISCOPE study is to validate a simple score to predict postoperative pulmonary complications(PPCs). This score has recently been published in Anesthesiology and you can access linking to: http://journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/Fulltext/2010/12000/Prediction_of_Postoperative_Pulmonary.20.aspx

TIMEFRAME Participants will be followed for the duration of in-hospital stay, an expected average of maximum 5 weeks.

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications
identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ICMJE

Completed

Enrollment ICMJE

5183

Completion Date

September 2011

Primary Completion Date

August 2011 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Eligibility Criteria ICMJE

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients undergoing a non-obstetric in-hospital surgical procedure, elective or emergent, under general anaesthesia (alone or in combination with regional/neuraxial anaesthesia), neuraxial anaesthesia or plexus block (with and without sedation).